Sanskrit · Devanagari
समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः। ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
samo.ahaṃ sarvabhūteṣu na me dveṣyo.asti na priyaḥ ye bhajanti tu māṃ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpyaham
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882I am alike to all beings to me none is hateful, none dear. But those who worship me with devotion (dwell) in me, and I too in them.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।9.29।। --,समः तुल्यः अहं सर्वभूतेषु। न मे द्वेष्यः अस्ति न प्रियः। अग्निवत् अहम् -- दूरस्थानां यथा अग्निः शीतं न अपनयति? समीपम् उपसर्पतां अपनयति तथा अहं भक्तान् अनुगृह्णामि? न इतरान्। ये भजन्ति तु माम् ईश्वरं भक्त्या मयि ते -- स्वभावत एव? न मम रागनिमित्तम् मयि वर्तन्ते। तेषु च अपि अहं स्वभावत एव वर्ते? न इतरेषु। न एतावता तेषु द्वेषो मम्।।श्रृणु मद्भक्तेर्माहात्म्यम् --,
c0c449157956…Rāmānuja
9.29 Being a refuge for all, I am the same to all creation, be they gods, animals, men or immovables, who exist differentiated from the highest to the lowest according to their birth, form, nature and knowledge. With regard to those seeking refuge, none is hateful because of inferiority in status by birth, form, nature, knowledge etc. No one is discarded as an object of odium. Likewise, it is not that one who has resorted to Me is dear to Me on account of any consideration like birth, status etc. That he has taken refuge in Me is the only consideration. The meaning is no one is accepted as a refuge for reasons like birth. But those who worship Me as their sole objective I like, because I am exceedingly dear to them, and because they find it impossible to sustain themselves without My worship. So they abide in Me, irrespective of whether they are exalted or humble by birth etc. They abide in Me, as if they possess alities eal to Mine. I also abide in them, as if they are My superiors. Moreover:
bb76bdd953f4…Swami Sivananda
9.29 समः the same? अहम् I? सर्वभूतेषु in all beings? न not? मे to Me? द्वेष्यः hateful? अस्ति is? न not? प्रियः dear? ये who? भजन्ति worship? तु but? माम् Me? भक्त्या with devotion? मयि in Me? ते they? तेषु in them? च and? अपि also? अहम् I.Commentary The Lord has an even outlook towards all. He regards all living beings alike. None He has condemned? none has He favoured. He is the enemy of none. He is the partial lover of none. He does not favour some and frown on others. The egoistic man only has created a wide gulf between himself and the Supreme Being by his wrong attitude. The Lord is closer to him that his own breath? nearer than his hands and feet.I am like fire. Just as fire removes cold from those who draw near it but does not remove the cold from those who keep away from it? even so I bestow My grace on My devotees? but not owing to any sort of attachment on My part. Just as the light of the sun? though pervading everywhere? is reflected only in a clean mirror but not in a pot? so also I? the Supreme Lord? present everywhere? manifest Myself only in those persons from whose minds all kinds of impurities (which have accumulated there on account of ignorance) have been removed by their devotion.The sun has neither attachment for the mirror nor hatred for the pot. The Kalpavriksha has neither hatred nor love for people. It bestows the desired objects only on those who go near it. (Cf.VII.17XII.14and20)Now hear the glory of devotion to Me.
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